EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – A rare auction of an Oscar statuette brought a total of $79,200, well more than expected, at its sale Monday by a Rhode Island auction house. Nanci Thompson of Briarbrook ...

Dawn Hudson, COO of the Academy, gave a declaration that AMPAS “never intended the Oscar statuette to be treated as an article of trade,” that a “sale would diminish the value of the Academy ...

The statuette now sits on an end table in her living room, Surtees said. But the academy won perhaps its strongest weapon to guard against the sale of Oscars last year, when it fought to halt the ...

Auctions of Oscar statuettes are very uncommon because winners ... Still, occasionally Oscars beyond the reach of the rules go up for sale and sell for large sums of money. The late Michael ...

In 1951, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) implemented strict rules to prevent the sale of Oscars. If a winner wishes to sell their statuette, they must first offer it to the ...

An Academy Award is priceless to those who win. But when you get down to brass tacks, a shiny Oscar statue costs roughly $400 to make, CBS News reports. Since 2016, the gold-covered trophies have ...

Winning an Oscar is every filmmaker’s dream, but the statuette itself isn't as valuable as one might think—at least not in monetary terms. Each trophy, standing 13.5 inches tall and weighing 8 ...

Auctions of Oscar statuettes are very uncommon because winners ... Still, occasionally Oscars beyond the reach of the rules go up for sale and sell for large sums of money. The late Michael ...